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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes (AP) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:33:28 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee.

`Chinese Democracy' begins streaming on MySpace (AP) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:03:21 GMT AP - Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world.

Microsoft to let Zune owners keep 10 tracks a month (AFP) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:12:16 GMT AFP - Microsoft, seeking to boost the popularity of its Zune music player, announced a new subscription offer on Thursday that will allow users to keep 10 tracks a month permanently.

Microsoft modifies Zune subscription model (Reuters) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:38:50 GMT Reuters - Microsoft Corp on Thursday announced a new music subscription plan for owners of its Zune players, which would allow them to keep 10 tracks per month and add them to their permanent collection.

Guns N' Roses album to debut on MySpace (CNET) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:30:00 GMT CNET - Updated at 8:55 p.m. PST to reflect that NPR Music had the streaming debut of Paul McCartney's album.

RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks (CNET) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:02:00 GMT CNET - Tennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the state's colleges and universities.

Zune could lend Microsoft a rare rhythm infusion (AP) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:55:38 GMT AP - A video for the title track on hip-hop veteran Common's forthcoming album, "Universal Mind Control," begins with a digital music player pulsing to the beat. The viewer is pulled through the screen into the gadget's guts, where the cool, collected rapper lets loose an easy stream of lyrics.

Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits (AP) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:22:42 GMT AP - The music industry's courtroom campaign against people who share songs online is coming under counterattack.

'Lost' Beatles song may bring Fab Four to Net sales (CNET) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:35:00 GMT CNET - Are the Beatles finally ready to make a magical mystery tour into the world of online music?

LA man to plead guilty in Guns N' Roses piracy (Reuters) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:50:59 GMT Reuters - A man accused of illegally posting songs on the Internet from an unreleased album by the rock band Guns N' Roses has agreed to plead guilty, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Dell Squashes Rumors About New MP3 Player (NewsFactor) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:52:43 GMT NewsFactor - Dell is not hearing the music. The Round Rock, Tex.-based computer maker is squashing any rumors reported in recent weeks about plans to release an MP3 player.

Journey song most downloaded catalog track (Yahoo! Music) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT Yahoo! Music - Journey have become the band with the "biggest-ever catalog song on digital platforms."

Dell quells rumors about music player (Reuters) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:02:28 GMT Reuters - Dell Inc, struggling to recharge its lineup of consumer product offerings, indicated Monday that a digital music player is not in the computer maker's near-term plans despite speculation that such a product is in the works.

Music Headphones Pose a Risk To Pacemakers (NewsFactor) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:13:06 GMT NewsFactor - People with pacemakers could be at risk listening to music with headphones. If the headphones for music players are placed within an inch of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), they may interfere with the medical devices, according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Medical Device Safety Institute.

MP3 player headphones may hinder pacemakers (Reuters) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:50:15 GMT Reuters - Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Dell not to launch music player before holidays: report (Reuters) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:41:10 GMT Reuters - Dell Inc has decided not to launch its ambitious digital music player tied to online entertainment software before the holidays, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Digital albums now offer liner notes, lyrics (Reuters) Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:35:26 GMT Reuters - CDs come with booklets filled with liner notes, lyrics, photos and more. But a digital album or single comes with bupkis -- an omission that started at the dawn of downloadable music.

Journey song leads vintage tunes as No. 1 download (Reuters) Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:45:49 GMT Reuters - It's the hit that keeps on hitting.

MySpace could develop digital music player (Reuters) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:13:20 GMT Reuters - MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple Inc's hot-selling iPod.

Hall & Oates sue in NY over 'Maneater' recording (AP) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:21:10 GMT AP - Daryl Hall and John Oates have filed a lawsuit saying their music publisher failed to protect their rights to their 1982 hit "Maneater."